New Yahoo Messenger

0.8.288 for Windows

Tina de Pierre

Successor to Yahoo! Chat.

Freeware Yahoo messaging software download, reviewed by Tina de Pierre
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This is the new Yahoo Messenger, completely starting fresh and now without the chatrooms that Yahoo! used to be famous for. Now-a-days, it's just another messenger.

Gone are the pre-Web 2.0 days of Yahoo! Chat and welcome to the arrival of the successor, known as Yahoo! Messenger. Back in the day, it was ICQ that lead the IM craze and today Microsoft rules that roost with MSN Messenger, but Yahoo! has added a lot of interesting features to its instant messenger contender, one of which we liked a lot: Yahoo's Cam-to-Cam video chat feature (pictured here).

The client looks pretty good, but we found it slow to say the least. The layout is clean and organized and easy to get around in.

The messenger also features voice mail which is pretty cool. When you're not around, friends can leave you messages so you can get back to them.. though not a viable replacement for real voicemail, but it does actually support leaving voice messages for retrieval on certain types of smartphone.

Like all real messenger clients, Yahoo! messenger also supports filesharing, so sending music or pictures to your family in Europe or Asia is as easy as a few mouse clicks.

Everything we tested on Yahoo! messenger was free, so no reason not to give it a try.

Compatibility and License

New Yahoo Messenger is provided under a freeware license on Windows from instant messaging software with no restrictions on usage. Download and installation of this PC software is free and 0.8.288 is the latest version last time we checked.

Is New Yahoo Messenger for Windows 10?

Yes. It can run on a PC with Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.


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New Yahoo Messenger has been picked by our editors as very good.
New Yahoo Messenger has been tested for viruses and malware.
We have tested New Yahoo Messenger 0.8.288 against malware with several different programs. We certify that this program is clean of viruses, malware and trojans.